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ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits

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Anyone looking for the key to Abba's enduring appeal should look no further than "Voulez Vous" and "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" for their answer. There was an innocence to the Swedish quartet, even when they were singing about one-night stands and the invitations to them. Gold establishes that the band, while appreciated as campy, were actually multifaceted in their execution. "S.O.S." has a raw urgency in its chorus, and "Does Your Mother Know" draws its energy from classic '50s rock & roll. Likewise, you don't have to be Priscilla to swoon over "Mamma Mia" or "Dancing Queen." And when it comes to drama, those soaring vocals on "The Winner Takes It All" turn the song into a bitter anthem of every relationship that has ever fallen apart. The much-covered "Lay All Your Love on Me" is practically epic. --Steve Gdula

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UPC: 766487202923
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Product Rating: 95/100 (from 271 reviews)
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271 Reviews

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From: Amazon Posted: Aug 16, 2008 Type: User Review

Still a dancing queen who is tone deaf

My sisters and I loved ABBA from the day we heard their first song. Funny, our Parents did also. It is happy music and it makes me want to get up and dance (great exercise) and sing (yes, I am tone deaf but who cares!) I bought the ABBA Gold...
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From: Amazon Posted: Aug 13, 2008 Type: User Review

I still love Abba

ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits
I play this CD loud in my car with the windows both up when in traffic and down when on the open road. I love Abba as much as I like my own books. Look me up. This one is about when I went to China. U.S....
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From: Amazon Posted: Aug 11, 2008 Type: User Review

I'm a kid again!!!!!!!!!

I can smell the grass, and long to bounce the ball again; ABBA makes me want to go outside and PLAY!!!

Just wonderful, joyful music. Thanks to whoever for bringing those wonderful memories back.

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From: Amazon Posted: Aug 11, 2008 Type: User Review

abba gold cd

the cd I purchased through Amazon.com is excellent. As a matter of fact, it is the second one of the same - one for home, and one for listening in my car. My experiences with Amazon.com have been very good and I am happy that I have mastered...
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From: Amazon Posted: Jul 31, 2008 Type: User Review

Nostalgic, feel good music!

Many of us are very familiar with ABBA's songs because we have heard them often over the years. Personally, I knew of them from a distance and never researched them until recently. Living in Germany placed me in the thick of the ABBA Fan...
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From: Amazon Posted: Jul 31, 2008 Type: User Review

400 Million And Counting

Nineteen of ABBA's best songs are plenty, but you won't tire of them. It is amazing that four Swedes (Benny Andersson and Bjrn Ulvaeus as writers and Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Fltskog as the main singers) could take such...
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From: Amazon Posted: Jul 30, 2008 Type: User Review

Mama Mia, what a shame!

I'm not a big fan of Abba, but have heard their music enough over the years to be very familiar with it. The launch of Mama Mia productions and the movie enticed me to buy Abba Gold to hear all of their work. This CD sounds nothing like what I...
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From: Amazon Posted: Jul 18, 2008 Type: User Review

Awesome!!

This is the greatest cd I ever got. It truly brings back the memories and you end up singing the songs even after the cd has stopped. It was truly worth getting!!!
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From: Amazon Posted: Jul 12, 2008 Type: User Review

A CLASSIC

If you don't know this music you will love it. Abba just makes you feel good and happy. Their music is full of energy and vitality. Their songs have lasted through time.
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From: Amazon Posted: Apr 21, 2008 Type: User Review

love the album, lots of songs

ABBA's GOLD is a good album, has about everything I remember them doing, and has lots of songs on it. I am very happy with it.
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